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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher after stronger than expected US jobs figures lifted investor sentiment on Wall Street. Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was following Wall Street higher on Monday in the wake ...

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... - much, much more than expectations for a 120,000 addition. It's not good it's great particularly given the extra 60,000 jobs added due to the upward revisions in the August and September stats. But...but, but if this is great news for the economy, it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's strong gains following better-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0802 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,464. The US Labor Department ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... $US1.3388, after sinking as low as $1.3296. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped as investors awaited the release of US data on jobs and economic growth, while the euro held up ahead of a closely watched European Central Bank meeting. Tokyo eased 0.76 per ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... from $1.3516 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as traders await the release of US growth and jobs data, but Tokyo ended slightly higher despite Nissan's lower earnings forecast. Tokyo rose 0.17 per cent, or 23.80 points ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... was up 18 points at 5,398. The first reading on US third-quarter gross domestic product is due out on Thursday, monthly US jobs report for October on Friday and US factory orders figures on Monday. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank ...

NAB workers demand profit share after 1172 job cuts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... calling for a bigger share in the record profits the bank announced yesterday, at the end of a year that saw NAB shed 1172 jobs across all of its operations. In its annual report, NAB yesterday announced record profits of almost $5.5 billion. It said ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... nibbled away by low cost exchange traded funds on one side and hedge funds on the other," he explained. "The more interesting jobs for investment professionals are increasingly within superannuation funds, especially with the current movement to in-source ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly down, while the US dollar sank after weaker-than-expected US jobs data raised expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus program in place. The September report out of Washington ...